Photograph of convoy crossing the desert, taken just as one hits a land mine

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Title

Photograph of convoy crossing the desert, taken just as one hits a land mine

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Collection

TAPUHI

Description

A scene at the instant a truck struck a land mine, showing the dust and smoke of the explosion forming a darker cloud in the clouds of sand raised by the convoy. Photograph taken by H Paton at Mersa Matruh, 3 December 1942. Inscriptions: Verso - `Taken at the instant a truck struck a land mine, the dust and smoke of the explosion forms a darker cloud in the clouds of sand raised by the convoy outside Mersa Matruh during the opening of the 8 Army pursuit of the Axis forces in November'. Qua...

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Format

Image

Date created

3 December 1942

Creator

Paton, Harold Gear, 1919-2010

URL

http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23071728

Locations

Marsa Matrouh

Related subjects

World War, 1939-1945 / Campaigns / Egypt / Trucks / Explosions / Marsa Matrouh

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